Official UK procurement notice
COV - Supply, Planting, Maintenance and Watering of Seasonal Bedding Plants and Containers
Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCoventry City Council invited tenders for the provision of bedding plants for War Memorial Park, Coombe Abbey, Canley Crematorium and hanging baskets. This includes the planting, maintenance, and watering of one square metre bedding containers and hanging baskets.
The Supplier will be responsible for supplying annual bedding plants for parks, plants for one metre square planters, and maintaining and watering these features throughout the year.
Tenders were invited on 22 May 2025 through OCID ocds-h6vhtk-051ed0. No tenders were received at the tender submission deadline and the Council sought to Switch to Direct Award (s.43 of the Procurement Act 2023). However, the Council incorrectly published a UK12 Procurement Termination Notice that was not required
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2025, 13:07 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:33 GMT
- Authority reference
COV-22215- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084468- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d365Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
Tenders were invited on 22 May 2025 through OCID ocds-h6vhtk-051ed0. No tenders were received at the tender submission deadline and the Council sought to Switch to Direct Award (s.43 of the Procurement Act 2023).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Nov 2025 → 18 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends352 days ago4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published308 days ago18 Dec 2025, 14:33 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published24 Oct 2025, 13:07 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Oct 2025, 13:13 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Dec 2025, 14:33 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RCS PLANTS LTD5 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029Extensions: 2x12 month extensions permissible | £218,000 | 24 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · RCS PLANTS LTD
- Signed
- 25 Nov 2025
- Value
- £218,000
- Period
- 25 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 * 12 months extension options available
No agreed KPIs: Not required under Section 52 of Regulation 32 as contracts is below £5m
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RCS PLANTS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender